Altona-Nord (ˈaltoːnə ˈnɔʁt) located in the Altona

Altona, Hamburg

Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent city until 1937...

 borough in the city Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, is one of 105 quarters

Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg

The city of Hamburg in Germany is made up of 7 boroughs and subdivided into 105 quarters . Most of the quarters were former independent settlements...

 of Hamburg. In 2006 the population was 21,406.

Geography

According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 2.2 square kilometre (0.849424748903577 sq mi).

Demographics

In 2006 in the quarter Altona-Nord were living 21,406 people. 15,1% were children under the age of 18, and 9,8% were 65 years of age or older. 22,9% were immigrants. 1689 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 55,1% of all households were made up of individuals.

Population by year

1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
19,424	19,633	19,853	20,113	20,288	20,297	20,542	20,635	20,586	20,562	20,497	20,433	20,725

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
20,701	20,949	21,030	21,125	21,246	21,158	21,406

In 2006 there were 3,314 criminal offences (155 crimes per 1,000 people).

Economy

Holsten Brewery plc.

Holsten

Holsten Brewery is a brewing company founded in 1879 in what is now Hamburg's Altona-Nord quarter. The group now has seven breweries in Germany. Its nationally distributed premium brand is the pale lager Holsten Pilsener...

 is located in the quarter.

Transportation

Altona-Nord is serviced by the rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 system of the city train

Hamburg S-Bahn

The Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area...

 with the stations Holstenstraße

Holstenstraße railway station

Holstenstraße is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, located in the quarter Altona-Nord in the borough Altona. It is a station for the rapid transit trains of the city railway and the commuter trains of the AKN railway plc...

and Diebsteich

Diebsteich railway station

The train station Diebsteich is serviced by the rapid transit trains of the Hamburg S-Bahn and the commuter trains of the AKN railways plc. The S-Bahn tracks run parallel with the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway...

.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in Altona-Nord were 5,682 private cars registered (269 cars/1,000 people).

External links

• Hamburg-Altona Local Newspaper, special Site of Altona-Nord